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Foreststorn "Chico" Hamilton, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He came to prominence as sideman for Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan, Count Basie, and Lena Horne. Hamilton became a bandleader, first with a quintet featuring the cello as a lead instrument, an unusual choice for a jazz band in the 1950s, and subsequently leading bands that performed cool jazz, post bop, and jazz fusion.
Birth Name
Foreststorn Hamilton
Born
Wednesday, 21 September 1921
Died
Monday, 25 November 2013
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Life as a Rolling Stone | Self | 2022 |
| The 56th Annual Grammy Awards | Self - Jazz Drummer / Bandleader (In Memoriam) | 2014 |
| Bert Stern: Original Madman | (archive footage) | 2011 |
| The Jazz Baroness | Self | 2009 |
| Jazz Seen: The Life and Times of William Claxton | Self | 2002 |
| Independent Lens | Self | 1999 |
| The Sun Goddess | 1993 | |
| Magic Sticks | Mr. Jazz | 1987 |
| Jazz on a Summer's Day | Self | 1960 |
| The Big Record | Self | 1957 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Life as a Rolling Stone | Self | 2022 |
| The 56th Annual Grammy Awards | Self - Jazz Drummer / Bandleader (In Memoriam) | 2014 |
| Bert Stern: Original Madman | (archive footage) | 2011 |
| The Jazz Baroness | Self | 2009 |
| Jazz Seen: The Life and Times of William Claxton | Self | 2002 |
| Independent Lens | Self | 1999 |
| The Sun Goddess | 1993 | |
| Magic Sticks | Mr. Jazz | 1987 |
| Jazz on a Summer's Day | Self | 1960 |
| The Big Record | Self | 1957 |
| Sweet Smell of Success | Chico Hamilton - Chico Hamilton Quintet drummer & leader | 1957 |
| You'll Never Get Rich | Drummer - one of the Delta Rhythm Boys | 1941 |
